Members of superintendent search committee named

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The archdiocese announced Oct. 10 that the members of the search committee for the next Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston had been named by Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley.

The current Superintendent, Kathy Mears, announced in July that she will leave her position in June 2019 to return to Indiana to be closer to her family.

The committee will be chaired by Jack Regan. An attorney retired from the law firm of WilmerHale, Regan has long been active in Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Boston. He serves as a trustee of the Catholic Schools Foundation Board, Catholic Schools Council and has previously chaired the search committee for the Superintendent of Schools for the Archdiocese of Boston.

"The committee brings together people with expertise in various facets of the fields of Catholic education, the needs of the divergent communities the archdiocese serves and overall educational administration," the archdiocese said in its announcement.

"Cardinal Seán is grateful for those who have accepted his request to serve the Church and the larger greater Boston community in this important task," it added.

The superintendent will oversee the second largest school system in Massachusetts. Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Boston educate over 34,000 students in 112 schools.